Gay Day = Quiet City

The gay pride parade is to start in 30 mins. I should make my wya down, but I wanted to jot down my impresions so far. My bus (from my new apartment, yay!) goes down King David Street, the parade route, and this morning we were diverted. At 10am. (I just saw an Arab guy walk by with a kafia and gay pride flag. This city is whack/fun.) My bus coming from Uni, which should go through town, went a totally different route, so I had to walk a long way. The main streets coming into the center of town are cut off. There are groups of police and soldiers gathered in different areas. No cars. Just police cars, pedestrians, motorcycle police all in black....It's all a little strange. I hope nothing happens. 2 years ago there were stabbings, last year it was scaled down with no walking. olice have been out securing the route for over 24 hours, so there are nothing is planted in advance. Helicopters are circling over head. I like the idea that Jews, Christians and Muslims can agree, but agreeing about hate is not a good thing. It's weird that I am not scared to go to Ramallah or Hebron, but I am nervous about relgious Jews. I am gonna do a Sivuv and make my waydown, to see what's going on....